Luigi Mangione confessed to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside of a New York City hotel as he pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges.
Mangione, 28, admitted to gunning down Thompson, 50, in Midtown Manhattan as he walked to a conference on December 4, 2024.
‘I shot Mr Thompson and he died,’ Mangione told the judge on Friday. ‘I understood that my actions would place him in fear of death of bodily injury. I knew what I was doing was illegal.’
The confession came as the Maryland native pleaded guilty to one count of interstate stalking resulting in death and one count of stalking through use of
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